DESN 230 — VISUALIZATION FOR INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE  |  FALL 2019  |  T/TH 1:00–3:45PM  | RM#

​P1a | VIGNETTES - NAPKIN SKETCH COMPETITION

TIMEFRAME

3 weeks (Summer week 6)*

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

There are two (2) parts to this assignment. Read all of the assignment.

PART 1. SKETCHING IN INK

The cocktail napkin has for generations been among the most immediate means to exploring an idea. They are immediately available when dining out and therefore a very accessible means for jotting down a concept. Due to the absorbent nature of a napkin paper, the designer is challenged by the medium using the most fundamental of tools, the ball-point or fluid ink pen.

In recent years Architectural Record Magazine has held a Napkins Sketching competition open to all.

For this assignment students will compete in the competition by submitting 6 napkin sketches.

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/cocktail-napkin-sketch-contest-2018

Be sure to review previous years' winners.

As this is a prominent, internationally recognized architectural magazine, the focus of your sketches will need to have an architectural focus and theme and you are being challenged to capture the life, nature, character of LA or SoCal in your work. See list provided below. Use ONE (or more) of the significant SoCal landmark buildings/place, if at all possible, do a site visit (on your time) and take your own photographs, however given our short timeframe, images found online are fine source material.

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GETTING STARTED

Read the competition Guidelines thoroughly.

Obtain a stack of WHITE "cocktail" napkins which fit the required format for the competition; re-read the competition requirements. Non-compliant napkins will result in automatic C grade or lower, NO EXCEPTIONS.

Choose a theme you'd like to explore in your sketches, see below for ideas.

Get to drawing!

Pen & Ink, Ball-point, etc. ONLY. NO COLOR. Use of color will result in a minimum of a letter grade deduction.

You MUST submit 6 sketches, REQUIRED. Any less will result in a letter grade deduction for each napkin.

Do not work from CG Model images. Photography or drawings only.

Do not include people in your sketches UNLESS you can do competent Architectural style figures, no exceptions.

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DELIVERABLES / PRESENTATION

PART 1 is due to my office (HSD 109) by Noon (12:00pm), Wednesday, September 5, 2016, with proper postage. This is not a class day. Failure to submit will result in a minimum of one letter grade mark down.

Fill out the Entry Form. Note, you should select "Other" under Job Function and write "Student".

Prepare a postage paid envelope for your submission. Go to the Post Office and have 6 napkins, entry form, and adequately sized envelope, weighed and apply correct postage. Failure to submit
will result in a D or lower grade, NO EXCEPTIONS.

Your sketches, entry form, and envelope addressed and postage applied, ready to go to the post office. Incomplete, unprepared and late will result in an automatic letter grade reduction.

PRIOR to submitting in the mail, Document, ie. Photograph or better, Scan, your Studies and FINAL submission work for presentation and/or use for PART 2 of this assignment.

11x17" presentation of your 6 napkins sketches that are being submitted for the competitions
using Photoshop for layout, prepared for Public Display.

TUTORIALS & HOW-TO GUIDES

REFERENCE

The sketching style in Design Graphics: Drawing Techniques for Design Professionals by Peter A. Koenig (Prentice Hall Publishers), is perfect as it is entirely black/white pen & ink drawing work. I will share my copy in class.

 

See concept artist
Ken Adam

See Architecture & Interior sketching on Pinterest

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Long Beach Area

Aquarium of the Pacific. HOK. 1998

Carpenter Center and Music Conservatory, the, on campus

California Veterans Memorial State Office Building, Brutalism, Gibbs Architects. 1983

International Elementary School. Morphosis with Thomas Blurock Architects. 1999.
700 Locust Ave at 7th St

Killingsworth, Brady & Smith projects, various

Matlock House. Richard Neutra. 1952. 1560 Ramillo Ave

New Courthouse, Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse

Pine Street and area historic district

The Pike area

The marina areas

The port and Queen Mary

Long Beach Performing Arts Center

Long Beach City Hall and Library

Villa Riviera Tower. Richard D. King. 1929

There are some unique and historically interesting buildings on 2nd Street but much of it is of little architectural interest.

The Campus Pyramid would be the most uninteresting architectural work to investigate

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LA - DTLA & vicinity

Bradbury Building, DTLA / (appears in the film Bladerunner)

The Broad Museum, DTLA / Diller, Scofidio + Renfro

CalTrans Building, DTLA / Morphosis

Capitol Records Building, Hollywood / Welton Becket

Chemosphere House, 7776 Torreyson Dr, LA  90046 / John Lautner

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, DTLA / Rafael Moneo

Disney Concert Hall, DTLA / Frank Gehry

Emerson College on Sunset Blvd, Hollywood / Morphosis

Ennis House, Silverlake area / FLW (used in the film Bladerunner)

High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, DTLA / Coop Himmelblau

Hollyhock House. Frank Lloyd Wright

Lovell House, Los Feliz area, near Griffith Park / Richard Neutra

Lautner House in LACMA collection

MOCA, DTLA / Arata Isozaki

Pacific Design Center / Cesar Pelli

Petersen Automotive Museum / KPF

Prada Store, Beverly Hills / OMA/Rem Koolhaas

Stahl House / Pierre Koenig

United Oil Gas Station, Robertson Blvd, Beverly Hills / Kanner Architect

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LA - Eastern (Pasadena, Pomona, Claremont, Palm Springs)

Art Center South Campus, DT Pasadena / Kevin Daly of Daly/Genik

Art Center of Pasadena, hillside campus / Craig Ellwood

Art Center, Sinclaire Garden Pavilion / Hodgetts + Fung

Diamond Ranch HS, Pomona / Morphosis

Kravis Center at Claremont-McKenna College, Claremont / Rafael Viñoly Architects

Roberts Pavilion at Claremont-McKenna College, Claremont / JFAK Architects

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LA - Westside (Culver City, Venice, Santa Monica) and Southside

Chiat-Day Building in Santa Monica / Frank Gehry Assoc.

Eames House, Santa Monica Mountains area / Charles & Ray Eames House

The Getty Center Museum, Santa Monica / Richard Meier & Partners

LAX Theme Building / Pereira and Luckman, 1961

LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal / Fentress Architects

UCLA, Eli Broad Art Center / Richard Meier & Partners

Samitaur Tower, Culver City / Eric Owen Moss, and various others by EOM

Spiller House, 39 Horizon Way, Venice, CA / Frank Gehry

Watts Towers of Simon Rodia, State Historic Park, Watts, Inglewood or Compton / Simon Rodia

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Orange County

Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), Anaheim / HOK

Coastline Community College, Newport Beach/Costa Mesa / LPA Inc

Crystal Cathedral, Anaheim / Philip Johnson & John Burgee

Lovell Beach House, Newport Beach / Rudolph Schindler

Newport Beach Civic Center and Library at Fashion Island / Bohlin, Cywinski, Jackson

Oakley Factory HQ, Foothills Ranch / Colin Baden with Langdon Wilson International

Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts, Costa Mesa / Cesar Pelli

Segerstrom Center for the Arts Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and Samueli Theater, Costa Mesa / Richard Meier

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San Diego / LaJolla

Geisel Library at UCSD / Pereira & Assoc

Salk Institute at UCSD in LaJolla / Louis Kahn

Scripps Neurosciences Research Institute at UCSD in LaJolla / Todd Williams & Bille Tsien (seen in the film The Cell w/J Lo; horror, sci-fi, thriller film)

 

ALTERNATIVE IDEAS/CONCEPTS WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED

  • A specific, and visually significant place you've been to or are inspired by such as if you have traveled somewhere such as Paris, Barcelona, Prague, Vienna, London, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Saigon, Beijing, Pnom Penh, Sydney, etc., AND discovered and have photos of significant modern works or traditional, then this may be proposed,
  • Geometric abstractions may be considered but should have an architectural theme and character to them,
  • Futuristic Concepts like the HyperLoop, Mars/Moon Colony, Space Elevator, etc.,
  • Exploded assembly diagram of a building system,
  • Reference to a design luminary. See my Online Resources page, Pinterest, or another source,
  • Alternates may be proposed, selectively,
  • Capture the magnificence, splendor, and beautiful interlacing of the freeway interchanges, something quintessentially LA,
  • Chris Burden sculptures at LACMA,
  • The Sculpture work of Richard Serra, others with an Architectural impact may be considered,
  • Oil Rigs
  • Bridges
  • The Port of Long Beach / Port of LA crane structures or containers

Heejae Moon. Flatiron Building.
Second Runner-Up, Non-Registered Architect

Annie Thompson.
Honorable Mention

2016 COMPETITION WINNERS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS

WARNING!

DESPITE RECEIVING AN HONORABLE MENTIONS,
DO NOT USE COLOR ON THIS PROJECT. USE OF COLOR WILL RESULT IN A MINIMUM OF ONE LETTER GRADE DEDUCTION.

Danica Durant. Eileen Gray Opens The Floor Plan. E-1027. Best School

Lizbeth Rangel. The Bradbury Building.
Best School

Divina Y. Lemus. Metaphysics.
Best School

The collection below are not napkin sketches but are a good example of environments for entertainment design employing strong contrast.

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STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES (SLOs)

  1. Challenge students to make choices and develop highly effective, compelling
    drawings with minimal tools,
  2. Challenge students to commit to strong line development,
  3. Challenge students to explore and develop cross-hatching technique,
  4. Challenge student's application of drawing and perspective understanding.
  5. Empower students to engage in a wider design dialog.

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GRADING AND EVALUATION RUBRIC

The following Rubric will apply in assessment of the student's work product, presentation, and/or process:

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* Estimate only. See instructor and calendar for specific due dates. Summer Session schedule is more compressed with one week equal to approximately two and half semester weeks.

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